A Box of Impossibilities

In Year 5, we like to write poems to keep our creative juices flowing! Often, these are based on models of poems we have read. This structure of this one, by Isabella (5R) is adapted from that of Kit Wright's 'The Magic Box'. What would go in your box of impossibilities?

In my box of impossibilities you will find:

A golden planet that never disappears,

A sentence that never ends,

And a waterfall that flows up.

 

 

In my box of impossibilities you will find:

A multi-coloured flower that reaches the sun

A rainbow you can walk on

And a house that is upside down.

 

 

In my box of impossibilities you will find:

A tiger with spots,

A lion with tusks,

And a hippo that is as small as a rice grain.

 

Grotty Greeks

Year 5's theme this half term is "Grotty Greeks", and in Literacy we have been writing poems, descriptions and myths based on this topic. Here is Alfie's (5R) description of the setting of a story.

Glamorous Mount Olympus gazed over the ferocious land of beasts and horrors as the clouds crowned it in its beauty. The fluffy and frothy peak crumbled to the jagged rocks below, as rough as sandpaper. Serrated rocks stuck out of the black base of Olympus, peering over the sharp teeth of a beast prowling over the land. Mischievous gods ate succulent fruit and slurped delicious wine as towering Zeus hurled immediate lightning bolts at the innocent giants to symbolise his immense power. Before too long, the colossal mountain dozed peacefully, until the sparkling dawn when the sun rose over the land.